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As part of its mission, CFR convenes meetings in New York, Washington, DC, and other cities where senior government officials, global leaders, and prominent thinkers come together with CFR members to discuss and debate major international issues.

Elliot L. Ackerman, author of Green on Blue: A Novel, Matthew Gallagher, author of Youngblood, and Michael Pitre, author of Fives and Twenty-Fives, join Peter Godwin, author and president of the PEN American Center, to discuss the authorsí military experiences during the Iraq and Afghanistan wars and what led each of them to write war-related novels.

Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California and former secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), joins CFR Board Member Mary McInnis Boies, to discuss Napolitanoís career. Napolitano reflects on border control, cybersecurity, intelligence capabilities, and leadership.

Howard Dean, senior strategic advisor and independent consultant at McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and former governor of Vermont, and Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, join Michael P. Hirsh, national editor at Politico, to discuss President Lyndon B. Johnsonís broad social agenda, the Great Society.

Bradley D. Belt, vice chairman of Orchard Global Asset Management, Janet Cowell, treasurer of the state of North Carolina, and Scott Stringer, comptroller of the City of New York, join Glenn Hubbard, dean and Russell L. Carson professor of finance and economics at Columbia University, to discuss the challenges of fulfilling pension obligations in the United States and how these liabilities will affect economic growth and stability.

Christine Lagarde, managing director at the International Monetary Fund (IMF), joins Diana Farrell, chief executive officer and president at the JPMorgan Chase Institute, to discuss the global economy and the IMFís role in 2015.

In keeping with the core mission of the Center for Preventive Action, this meeting evaluated the most worrisome sources of instability and conflict in 2015. The speakers discussed their respective organizationsí assessment of risks and potential crises for the new year.

Valerie Amos, undersecretary-general and emergency relief coordinator at the United Nations, joins George Rupp, senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs and professor of health, religion, and international affairs at Columbia University, to discuss the realities and challenges of humanitarian work around the world today.

Experts discuss the state of global governance during the first Council of Councils (CoC) public event, "Crisis in Global Governance: Reform or Reset?"†live from the CoC Seventh Regional Conference in New Delhi, India, on January 13, 2015.